Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name
Author
Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Author
Muñoz, José
Author
Rebollar-Téllez, Eduardo A.
Author
Pech-May, Agelica
Author
Marina, Carlos F.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3994
2
151
186
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3994.2.1
008a674e-04dd-444c-919c-a32be0ba5460
1175-5326
239180
32027FAA-4AB3-4394-841D-33571F25529E
Bichromomyia olmeca olmeca
(Vargas & Díaz-Nájera, 1959)
Phlebotomus olmecus
Vargas & Díaz-Nájera, 1959: 147 (♂, the ♀ correspond to
Bi. ylephiletor
).
Type
locality:
Mexico
, Tabasco, Teapa.
Phlebotomus (Psychodopygus) apicalis
Lewis & Garnham, 1959: 89
(♂, ♀, not
Phlebotomus apicalis
Floch & Abonnenc
=
flaviscutellatus
Mangabeira
).
Type
locality:
Belize
.
Phlebotomus flaviscutellatus
Mangabeira
: Biagi
et al
., 1965: 267 (vector of
Leishmania
in
Mexico
); Biagi, 1966: 370 (key).
Psychodopygus (Trichophoromyia) olmecus
(Vargas & Díaz-Nájera): Forattini, 1971: 105; Forattini, 1973: 434.
Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) olmeca olmeca
(Vargas & Díaz-Nájera): Young & Duncan, 1994: 452 (complete references, taxonomy, distribution); Ibáñez-Bernal, 2002: 172 (diagnosis, Mexican records); Rebollar-Téllez
et al
., 2004: 285 (Campeche records); Rebollar-Téllez
et al.,
2005: 197 (Campeche abundance data); Rebollar-Téllez
et al.,
2006: 23 (Yucatán records), Pech-May
et al.,
2010: 150 (Campeche infection rates), Sánchez-García
et al.
2010: 457 (Quintana Roo infection rates); May-Uc
et al.,
2011: 279 (Quintana Roo records).
Bichromomyia olmeca olmeca
(Vargas & Díaz-Nájera): Galati, 2003: 44, 118, 119 (list, keys); Ibáñez-Bernal
et al
., 2011: 36 (Veracruz records).
Diagnosis.
Head longer than wide; mesonotum bicolored, anterior half of scutum and pronotum dark pigmented, posterior half and scutellum pale. Male: palpus segment 5 about as long as 3; lateral lobe as long as gonocoxite; gonocoxite without setae tuft; gonostylus with the two basal spiniform setae at same level, one preapical and one apical; paramere simple and straight; ejaculatory filaments longer than 2.8X the length of aedeagal apodeme + pump; Female: interocular distance similar to clypeus width; cibarium with 8 to 12 horizontal teeth; steam of furca with broad blade-like steam; individual spermathecal ducts shorter than spermatheca, but longer than one-half its length; common spermathecal duct about 2.5 times the length of spermatheca; spermatheca with short and broad oval capitulum and about 12 or 13 distinct annuli (Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).
Material examined.
MEXICO
: CHIAPAS:
Guadalupe
Miramar:
18-iii-2010
, 1 ♀;
08-ii-2011
, 1 ♀;
10-ii-2011
, 1 ♀. Loma Bonita:
15-i-2010
, 2 ♀;
19-ii-2010
,
2 ♂
;
20-iii-2010
, 1 ♀;
21-iii-2010
, 1 ♀;
19-xi-2010
,
1 ♂
. Collected with
CDC
light traps.
Distribution.
MEXICO
(Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán) (Ibáñez- Bernal 2002),
BELIZE
,
GUATEMALA
,
HONDURAS
,
NICARAGUA
,
COSTA RICA
(Young & Duncan 1994; Galati 2003).
Remarks.
This species was not abundant but is present in the area studied. It is an anthropophilic species and has been demonstrated as a competent vector of
Leishmania mexicana
to humans (Biagi
et al
. 1965). Further studies have confirmed the role of this species as a vector of
Leishmania mexicana
in the Mexican states of Campeche (Pech-May
et al.
2010) and Quintana Roo (Sánchez-García
et al.
2010).